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"Well," stated Death, "you know how this goes…"
Harry rolled his eyes, "Yes, yes. Just transport me to the next life… Please."
Death chuckled at his favored child and with a wave of his hand, Harry Potter – who has been known by many different names before – was whisked away by the power of death, to his next life.
Harry smiled as he saw the swirling tunnel of white and gold, and with a breath, he was born.
Chapter 1
~ Beginning's and Gaming: Random, Right? ~
Jared – also known as Harry Potter – was sitting in his room, preparing for the day ahead, when he smiled. He had been born to a muggle family in the year 1998. Like always, his birthday was July 31st. That would never change.
His family was a nice one. He had two loving parents and was an only child. His mom, as he found out, wasn't able to have children. Death, like always, would put Jared into situations where he was considered a 'Miracle Child'. Whether it's by many people or a few, Death just loved making him special.
His looks in this life were a healthy mix between his mom and dad. He had his dad's sandy blonde hair and his mom's fair skin completion. He had Lily's vibrant green eyes, as always. He was tall, from his dad's side, and had a high metabolism. His face was chiseled with high cheek bones and doe eyes. He had his mom's turned up nose and average ears. He was also somewhat athletic, which he got from both of his parents.
His family lived in a respectable two-story home in the States. They lived in California to be specific. His dad, Jeffery Higden, was a set designer and producer for many of the movies filmed in their area. Jared's mom, Lindsey Higden, worked as an animator for some of the movies and video games at Disney Studios. Jared, in this life, wasn't so keen on taking after his parents.
Don't get the wrong idea, Jared loved his parents in this life, but he was feeling particular lazy in this life. Because he was an only child, and because his parents were so successful, they had no problem getting him started in video games at a young age.
Jared got his first game when he was just eight years old. His dad had brought home a Gameboy and Jared fell instantly in love with the concept of having a lazy, calm life.
Jared was now 17 years old and was big into gaming. He played everything from Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) to Fallout to OSU. He was actually working on being a professional gamer, not really wanting to be a part of the magical community in this life.
Like always, he still had his magic, and like always, he hated that he had to develop it from the beginning. Death thought it was funny, but Jared guessed that it was a good thing he had to anyway; it kept him from getting too bored and completely losing it.
He swerved back and forth in his desk chair, summoning a glass of water. In the states, children were allowed to use magic in their homes, but weren't allowed to use magic outside of their homes until they graduated from their school.
He attended Salem School of Wizardry in Massachusetts, but it was only a day school. Unlike the European schools, America had many wizarding and witchcraft schools. None of them were boarding schools and you could arrive in the morning via any transportation method offered by the school of choose. Salem had a boy's campus and a girl's campus. Every morning, Jared would dress in his uniform – khaki's, a white dress shirt, Salem school tie, and his navy blue school jacket – and arrive by floo. School started at 7:30 in the morning, every morning, Monday through Friday, and ended at 2:15. On Mondays, Wednesday's and Friday's they were taught to use their magic. On Tuesday's and Thursday's they were taught muggle courses. This was so they could function in both the muggle world and the wizarding world.
America's wizarding world was also more advanced than Britain's. They had all the latest technology, with some magical protections against viruses and other similar things. This help Jared a lot, as he was able to buy a computer and cellphone that wouldn't combust just because he wanted to cast a spell.
Jared's parents had first discovered their son's magical talent because of a technology related mishap. Jared had been focused on his Gameboy when his mom had come in. He had jumped when she called out to him, not realizing she was there, and the scare jolted his still developing magic into the game.
Not only had the Gameboy exploded, but Jared started seeing things. When he would complete a task around the house he would see a glowing sign in front of him saying, "Task Complete! +15 XP." Unlucky for him, his parents could apparently see it too.
His parents immediately started looking for answers, not letting him leave the house for a week. Then, low and behold, a man came knocking at their door. This day had also been the boy's 11th birthday.
Yada, yada, yada, and Jared got "the Talk" all over again. He, like always, resisted the urge to role his eyes. His parents were a little skeptical, but still loved their precious Jared all the same. It wasn't long after that his "Gamer Boy Syndrome," as healers liked to call it, was corrected.
Jared gave a small laugh at the memory and sipped his newly summoned water as his door creaked open.
"Is that laughter I here?" His dad came in and sat in the comfy chair he had set beside Jared's desk so he could watch his son when he gamed.
"Yeah," was Jared's reply. His voice was deep, like his dad's, and had a rumbling to it.
"So, what are we playing?" Jeffery rubbed his hands together and leaned forward slightly.
Jared rolled his eyes, "You mean: What am I playing?" They both chuckled. Jared leaned down and pulled open one of his desk drawers. He the grabbed his tablet and pen, setting them on the desk. "I was thinking of playing OSU. It's been a while since I've played it."
The older blonde nodded and smiled. This was his favorite game out of all the ones his son played, because he loved hearing the clicking of the keys to the beat of the latest electronic songs.
The teen plugged everything up and ran the game. "Welcome to Osu!" The game greeted them, through the speakers, with its happy music tune. That was soon interrupted as Jared clicked "Play" and scrolled threw all of the songs in his inventory.
Jared picked "High Score" and double clicked. Before the song started, he went through his routine of clicking his fingers against the "1" and "2" keys on his NUM pad to the rhythm of the song. He had played this song many times, and had just a few months ago gotten an SS on all of the difficulties. He un-paused the song and began. He tapped his foot to the rhythm as his fingers clicked the two keys. His other hand expertly moving the pen across the tablet with easy.
When he finished the song he looked to his dad who congratulated him. "You did really well this time! Good job. I wouldn't have guessed that you hadn't played in a while.
They both smiled and Jared's mom walked in. She leaned down and hugged her son, "Good afternoon, JJ. You missed breakfast..."
Jared slumped in her arms and gave an uneasy smile to his dad.
"Lindsey," his dad said, "come on, leave the boy alone, I was only breakfast. Besides, you missed our morning kiss." The man had a smug look on his face and the teen could feel his mom's short arms tighten ever so slightly.
"O-oh. Did I?" She detached from her son and rubbed the back of her neck, a silly grin making its way to her lips, "Oops?"
Jeffery laughed and stood from his spotted on the chair, scooping his wife up, throwing her over his shoulder and carrying her out. Jared laughed at his mom's pleas for help, even though she was laughing too.
The blonde teen got up and followed them to his door, "You two have fun, but not too loud, I'm getting on TeamSpeak (TS) with my friends later!"
"Jared!" He heard his mom shout. He closed his door, muffling his dad's louder laughter.
He sat down, a big smile on his face, and shut down OSU, opening up CS: GO and TS. He really wasn't in the mood though... Maybe some Fallout? Yeah, maybe...
Chapter 1
~ End Beginning's and Gaming: Relevant? ~